Telotylenchus

  

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Classification:
Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
    Rhabditida
       Tylenchina
        Tylenchoidea
           Telotylenchidae
             Telotylenchinae

          Telotylenchus Siddiqi, 1960

Type species of the genus: Telotylenchus indicus Siddiqi, 1960
   

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Morphology and Anatomy:

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  • Lateral field with 4 incisures
  • Postcorpus of esophagus with glands overlapping intestine dorsally
  • Intestine without caudal sac

Female:

  • Didelphic, amphidelphic; ovaries outstretched and about equal in length
  • Female tail elongate conical or subcylindrical, smooth terminus

Male

  • Bursa enveloping pointed tail

[Ref: Andrassy, 2007; Castillo et al., 1989;]

 
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Distribution:

Many of the species of Telotylenchus are described from India.

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Economic Importance:

 

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Feeding:
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Hosts:
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Life Cycle:

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Damage:

 

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References:

Andrassy, I. 2007. Free-living Nematodes of Hungary II.  Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 496p.

Castrillo, P., Siddiqi, M.R., Gomez-Barcina, A., 1989. Studies on the genus Paratrophurus Arias (Nematoda: Tylenchida) with description of two new species Nematologia Mediterranea 17:83-95.

 

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: September 14, 2023.